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http://www.businessinsider.com/jon-miller-on-rupert-murdoch-2012-12Former AOL CEO Tells Us What Working With Rupert Murdoch Is Really Likehttp://www.businessinsider.com/jon-miller-on-rupert-murdoch-2012-12
Tue, 04 Dec 2012 21:31:00 -0500Daniel Goodman
<p>At 81, <a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/rupert-murdoch">Rupert Murdoch</a> remains a vital and omnipresent force in the media industry as the founder, chairman, and CEO of <a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/news-corp">News Corp</a>.</p>
<p>Jon Miller, investor and former CEO at <a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/aol">AOL</a>, says that Murdoch can still run circles around his much younger subordinates and counterparts, and is one of the most intelligent and perceptive CEOs he has ever met.</p>
<p>Watch an excerpt from <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/category/ignition-2012">our IGNITION conference</a> where Miller talks about working with Murdoch, and what prominent former News Corp. execs like <a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/peter-chernin">Peter Chernin</a> are up to these days:</p>
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Tue, 04 Dec 2012 11:14:00 -0500Daniel Goodman
<p>Media companies still struggle to harness the power of the digital, and experts are <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/future-of-digital-slides-2012-11">still debating on how to approach the issue, let alone resolve it</a>.</p>
<p>Digital media visionaries <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/ross-levinsohn" class="hidden_link">Ross Levinsohn</a> (former <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/yahoo" class="hidden_link">Yahoo</a> CEO) and Jon Miller (former <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/aol" class="hidden_link">AOL</a> CEO) talked about why companies are not even close to understanding the digital media conundrum at <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/category/ignition-2012">our IGNITION conference last week</a>.</p>
<p>"There is not a great enough appreciation, I think, in Silicon Valley for how hard it is to create great content, and, conversely, there is not a great enough appreciation in Hollywood [and New York] for how hard it is to create great technology," said Levinsohn. "When the two of these things come together, it's the most powerful thing that exists in our whole ecosystem."</p>
<p>Watch an excerpt below where the tech legends discuss which companies have the potential to solve digital media, and where Levinsohn also talks about losing his CEO position at Yahoo to Marissa Mayer.</p>
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Mon, 03 Dec 2012 14:43:00 -0500Daniel Goodman
<p>With the rapid growth of online and new media, many have been predicting the fall of traditional media.</p>
<p>But the media giants of the past continue to be the media giants of today and in fact many are doing better than ever.&nbsp;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/cbs" class="hidden_link">CBS</a>, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/disney" class="hidden_link">Disney</a>, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/news-corp" class="hidden_link">News Corp</a>, and <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/comcast" class="hidden_link">Comcast</a>, among others, are at or near all-time high stock prices, their financials are looking good, and their growth prospects are strong.</p>
<p>On the other hand, technology platforms like <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/apple" class="hidden_link">Apple</a>, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/facebook" class="hidden_link">Facebook</a>, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/google" class="hidden_link">Google</a>, and <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/netflix" class="hidden_link">Netflix</a> are trading far below their peak stock prices and financials and growth prospects are not as strong as they once were.</p>
<p>This confounds the notion that traditional media is weakening as the technology platforms rise. <em></em></p>
<p><em><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/business-insider" class="hidden_link">Business Insider</a></em> deputy editor Nicholas Carlson explores the topic of what tech companies can learn from traditional media companies in a discussion with <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/ross-levinsohn" class="hidden_link">Ross Levinsohn</a>, investor and former CEO of <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/yahoo" class="hidden_link">Yahoo</a>, and Jon Miller, investor and former CEO <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/aol" class="hidden_link">AOL</a>, at <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/category/ignition-2012">our media conference IGNITION last week</a>.</p>
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Mon, 03 Dec 2012 11:41:39 -0500Daniel Goodman
<p>Former <a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/aol">AOL</a> CEO Jon Miller has a bleak outlook on the future of TV advertising.</p>
<p>With changing viewership patterns away from live to on demand or on the web among the valuable 18-35 age group, advertising spending may be shifting away from television faster than previously thought, said Miller at <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/category/ignition-2012">our IGNITION conference last week</a>.</p>
<p><a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/ross-levinsohn">Ross Levinsohn</a>, investor and former CEO at <a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/yahoo">Yahoo</a>, also weighed in, speculating whether media producers would one day have <a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/google">Google</a> or Yahoo manage their advertising options across all platforms and develop relationships with advertisers rather than the fragmented system that exists today.</p>
<p>Watch an excerpt from their interview with <em><a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/business-insider">Business Insider</a> </em>deputy editor Nicholas Carlson below.</p>
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Wed, 28 Nov 2012 16:27:01 -0500Jay Yarow
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/4f26ed6d69bedd924200002f-590-443/rupert-murdoch.jpg?maxX=405&amp;maxY=304" border="0" alt="Rupert Murdoch" width="405" height="304" /></p><p>At our IGNITION conference, former <a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/news-corp">News Corp</a> executive Jon Miller gave this revealing anecdote about what it's like working with Rupert Murdoch. (Some paraphrasing in here):</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Rupert told me, "I want to go to CES." I said, "Okay, it's a little late, but I can probably get you a keynote." He said, "No, no, no, I want to attend, see what's going on." So, I book 27 meetings in 3 days. He had a legal pad, he took notes, he attended all meetings. We came back to New York. He called me on Monday, and said, "I gave you a day off, I figured you need it." He was right. When we met on Monday, he had notes on his notes, a series of questions, when they say this, do they mean? When they say that, what do they mean? We spent three hours going over it all.&nbsp; Who does that? What kind of CEO is that involved? And by the way, we all know what his age is.</p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/jon-miller-heres-a-good-example-of-what-its-like-working-with-rupert-murdoch-2012-11#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-the-surprise-winner-from-marissa-mayer-taking-over-yahoo-2012-11Here's The Surprise Winner From Marissa Mayer Taking Over Yahoo (AOL, YHOO)http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-the-surprise-winner-from-marissa-mayer-taking-over-yahoo-2012-11
Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:42:00 -0500Jay Yarow
<p><img src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/4b50ded00000000000e29d1a-926-695/aol-ceo-tim-armstrongs-face.jpg?maxX=620&amp;maxY=465" border="0" alt="AOL CEO Tim Armstrong's Face" width="620" height="465" /></p><p></p>
<p>When Marissa Mayer took over <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/yahoo" class="hidden_link">Yahoo</a> <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/marissa-mayer-yahoo-plan-2012-11">she made it pretty clear she was going to emphasize "mobile," and "products."</a></p>
<p>This is very different than what her immediate predecessor, interim CEO <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/ross-levinsohn" class="hidden_link">Ross Levinsohn</a> was envisioning for Yahoo. He was thinking Yahoo, with its giant audience, should become a killer digital media company.</p>
<p>He didn't get the CEO job, though. And speaking on stage at IGNITION today, Levinsohn and his good friend Jon Miller, formerly the chief digital officer at <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/news-corp" class="hidden_link">News Corp</a>., said this is a good thing for &mdash; surprise! &mdash; Tim Armstrong and AOL.</p>
<p>Now that Mayer is taking the company away from media, Miller said it frees AOL to travel down the path of big premium digital content without Yahoo as a massive roadblock. "It's good for AOL, good for Tim," said Miller.</p>
<p>AOL has been investing in digital media. If Mayer really veers away from digital media, it could give AOL a clear runway to build a massive digital media company with one less digital competitor.</p>
<p>As for Levinsohn not getting the top job at Yahoo, he couldn't have been more gracious about it. He said, "I would have loved the job, it's a great group of people. I don't have any bad feelings about it ... I wish them real success. I believe in what's there."</p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-the-surprise-winner-from-marissa-mayer-taking-over-yahoo-2012-11#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> http://allthingsd.com/20120823/exclusive-digital-chief-jon-miller-leaves-news-corp/Jon Miller Is Leaving News Corp (NWS)http://allthingsd.com/20120823/exclusive-digital-chief-jon-miller-leaves-news-corp/
Thu, 23 Aug 2012 15:04:00 -0400Kara Swisher
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Wed, 24 Aug 2011 14:52:00 -0400Nicholas Carlson
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/4e5525c7ecad04f147000014-304-228/jon-miller.jpg" border="0" alt="Jon Miller" width="304" height="228" /></p><p>Former <a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/aol">AOL</a> CEO Jon Miller joined News Corporation as its "King of Digital" back in March 2009.</p>
<p>In the beginning, he talked a lot about turning around <a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/myspace-1">MySpace</a>. Eventually he backed off that as it became clear no such thing would ever happen.</p>
<p><a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/news-corp">News Corp</a> finally sold <a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/myspace">MySpace</a> this summer.</p>
<p>Earlier this year, Miller lead News Corp's launch of <a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/the-daily">The Daily</a>, it's iPad-only newspaper.</p>
<p>But lately he hasn't been around much.</p>
<p><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/rafat">Former PaidContent editor Rafat Ali pointed this out in a series of provacative tweets.</a></p>
<ul>
<li>"Is Jon Miller still at NWS? He hasn't been in press for a long time, nothing to talk about anyway at NWS digital. Why's he still there?"</li>
<li>"I've heard stories of Jon Miller hoping to get <a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/yahoo">Yahoo</a> CEO job post-Bartz, which would be sweet-irony since he really wanted it pre-Bartz."</li>
<li>"Also, re: Jon Miller, notice no digital exec, including him, were at Rupert's annual LA dinner on Monday: http://lat.ms/pgR1cB"</li>
<li>"What on earth is up to?"</li>
<li>"Is he even a part of the team any more?"</li>
</ul>
<p>We asked a News Corp gossiper.&nbsp; Here's the speculation&hellip;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">He doesn't have much left to do. He is looking around. Rupert loves him. I don't think [News Corp COO] Chase [Carey] is that thrilled [with Jon]. Jon would prefer to go run something. Right now he's involved a little bit in the <a class="hidden_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/blackboard/hulu">Hulu</a> stuff. He's basically a concerige for Rupert on the digital stuff. But who knows &ndash; when it comes to News Corp, a month from now he could emerge as the guy running the newspaper group.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Another News Corp insider denies Miller wants to go anywhere, but generally confirms the view that he is spending most of his time working on Hulu and figuring out what News Corp could be doing better online.</p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/whats-jon-miller-up-to-these-days-2011-8#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/jon-miller-weatherman-2011-2Jon Miller, Weathermanhttp://www.businessinsider.com/jon-miller-weatherman-2011-2
Wed, 02 Feb 2011 11:27:00 -0500Dan Frommer
<p>On a disgusting winter day in New York City, News Corp. digital boss Jon Miller uses the new "The Daily" iPad newspaper app to report the weather. Welcome to the future!</p>
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Mon, 06 Dec 2010 12:30:00 -0500Dina Spector and Jay Yarow
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/4cfab42649e2ae7962180000-467-671/henry-blodget-welcomes-the-audience-on-day-two.jpg" border="0" alt="Henry Blodget welcomes the audience on Day Two" width="467" height="671" /></p><p>Last Thursday and Friday we had an amazing conference.</p>
<p><strong>IGNITION: The Future of Media</strong> was chock full of amazing speakers. If you missed it, you missed out.</p>
<p>We've assembled some photos of all the great speakers we had on had.</p><h3>Steve Case: AOL should have used AIM to make its own Skype.</h3>
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<br/><br/><h3>Steve and Henry talk about Groupon, Living Social and other topics.</h3>
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<br/><br/><h3>Jon Miller: Yahoo needs to get religion about something. </h3>
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Fri, 03 Dec 2010 16:10:00 -0500Matt Rosoff
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/4ce30182ccd1d5cb3d140000/carol-bartz.jpg" border="0" alt="carol bartz" /></p><p>News Corp.'s Jon Miller <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/live-jon-miller-henry-blodget-2010-12">took a potshot at Yahoo</a> this morning at IGNITION, saying that the company is caught between being a media company and a technology company, and that it has to "get religion" about something.</p>
<p>But recently, Yahoo's been fairly clear about what it is: a content company.</p>
<p>On stage at Web 2.0 <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/live-carol-bartz-20-2010-11">last month</a>, CEO Carol Bartz said Yahoo is focused on content. Bijan Marashi, who sold his company Xoopit to Yahoo in 2009 and worked closely with Bartz and other executives like Chief Product Officer Blake Irving before leaving the company recently, put it even more plainly in an interview: "Yahoo isn't trying to be Google. Yahoo's a content company, and great at it."</p>
<p>Technology is important to personalize that content to users, but editors are important as well--for instance, no algorithm could have predicted that users would be interested in the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico earlier this year, since a similar event hadn't happened in a long time.</p>
<p>Marashi, who is now working on a new startup, pointed to sites like <a href="http://omg.yahoo.com/">omg!</a>, <a href="http://shine.yahoo.com/">Shine</a>, and <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/yahoo-acquiring-mobile-and-social-gamer-citizen-sports-2010-3">Citizen Sports</a> as examples of the kind of specialized niche content that Yahoo is good at creating (or acquiring). He also said that the Yahoo's home page products--like My Yahoo--are the best and most widely used in the industry, with hundreds of millions of visitors per month.</p>
<p>So what about communications, like Yahoo Mail, which got a <a href="http://ycorpblog.com/2010/10/26/yahoomailbeta/">major revamp</a> in October. Marashi acknowledged that Mail is still a big area of focus, and will be getting updated more frequently moving forward. And why not? Yahoo Mail has had the largest userbase of any email service for 14 years running. It would be crazy for the company to give it up.</p>
<p>So what's Yahoo NOT doing? Marashi pointed out two things:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Search technology.</strong> The deal with Microsoft allowed Yahoo to offload the very expensive work of indexing the Web and maintaining search algorithms while still giving Yahoo most of the financial benefits--at least 88% of search revenues on all searches conducted through Yahoo's sites. He hinted that most people were coming to Yahoo Search through its content sites, not the other way around--it's not like people were using Yahoo as their one-stop search page like they do with Google. </li>
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<li><strong>Social networking. </strong>Yahoo's main focus is helping people improve their personal, private bonds--the kinds of individual interactions that happen in email, SMS, and instant messaging.</li>
</ul>
<p>Yahoo isn't ignoring social entirely--the company did acquire Indonesian location-based social network Koprol in May, but that was more to expand its footprint into a relatively new market. But Yahoo isn't about to <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/tech-flops-of-2010-2010-11#3-google-buzz-13">layer social features</a> onto a product that people expect to be more about private one-to-one interactions.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Marashi agreed that Yahoo has a perception problem in the media, and that's making recruiting harder than it should be given all the interesting stuff going on behind the scenes. But that's because Yahoo is being compared against companies like Facebook and Google. Sure, they're But they aren't in the content business.</p>
<p>Of course, Yahoo still competes with Google and Facebook for advertising dollars and talent, and those companies are <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/carol-bartz-fesses-up-the-yahoo-ad-campaign-hasnt-been-all-that-effective-2010-3">growing faster</a>. But at least Yahoo now knows how it's trying to compete: by delivering great, relevant content to a huge audience. You can argue that it's the wrong strategy, but don't argue that they're unfocused.</p>
<p>Marashi also expressed a personal opinion that taking the company private (as has been suggested) might be helpful, as it would let Yahoo plan more for the long-term instead of having to show immediate quarterly growth for every new product and acquisition. He has no idea if Bartz and the board are actually considering it, though.</p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/yahoo-is-focused-were-a-content-company-2010-12#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/live-jon-miller-henry-blodget-2010-12Jon Miller: Yahoo Needs To Get Religion About SOMETHING (NWS, AOL, YHOO)http://www.businessinsider.com/live-jon-miller-henry-blodget-2010-12
Fri, 03 Dec 2010 10:29:00 -0500Jay Yarow
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/4cf90fddccd1d59616120000-338-253/jon-miller.jpg" border="0" alt="jon miller" width="338" height="253" /></p><p></p>
<p>At IGNITION 2010 this morning, News Corp. digital boss Jon Miller spoke with our Henry Blodget about News Corp.'s digital future, Yahoo, AOL, and MySpace.</p>
<p>One key point he made: Yahoo needs to get religion about SOMETHING.</p>
<p>Here are our live notes. Please pardon typos, etc.</p>
<p>10:31: Is news corp a defender?</p>
<p>JM: Great question..i think we're historically one of the most aggressive. That said, all media companies surprised at the incoming attacks. We're more reactive than defensive as opposed to proactive.</p>
<p>10:32: HB: What is News Corp. digital? Its buried in other assets...</p>
<p>JM: Joking -- i always wanted to be other. Ok, we have a company with video, print and standalone digital.</p>
<p>On digital assets, we have culled the herd. We have IGN which is healthy. We have relaunched MySpace. Main thing is to go from an aging social network to personalization of content. Look at groupon personalization of commerce. I think this will play out on other verticals in the web.</p>
<p>10:35: HB: Issue of unbundling, will we watch discreet shows?&nbsp; How will it play out? Collapse of TV business coming?</p>
<p>JM: I'm aware of idea that horse has left the barn. If that's the case you wont see media stocks rise. I dont think so, networks create hits. Doesn't happen elsewhere. Glee, American Idol come from networks. They're hits. People consume it live and on demand. Networks not occupied by anything else.</p>
<p>10:37: Networks have a real role -- how do you preserve that? How do you shape landscape around it? We participated in $0.99 iTunes rentals. We will be participant in things. What do we want to cause to occur? Now you have Samsung, LG, Motorola, Apple, Google. A year to 18 months ago you bought phones from them, now you have rights talks w. them.</p>
<p>10:39: Depending on how (alt delivery) shakes out, it can be new money. Used ot be primary interface was cable companies. Now you have a new class of folks. Network was a wholesale busines selling to Comcast. Do you stay that or do you become retail? Hulu is retail -- straight to consumer.</p>
<p>10:40: I think you see more things like Hulu. But you have to be both sides of street. Most money is still in wholesale, but you have to get bigger slice of retail.</p>
<p>10:41: talking paywalls...dual revenue is good. Journal is one of the healthiest. Times of London readers fallen off but economics have improved.</p>
<p>10:43: There is a transition period that is tough. We can do it because we're so big. There will be fallout, I think we'll make it because we afford to. Other companies may not be as fortunate. Other companies will have to pick their poison. Stay free or paywall.</p>
<p>10:44: We have a number of greenfield profjects. Some get out the door..the rumored iPad newspaper, some thoughts. Me, Rupert, and Robert Thomson got to see Samsung, LG, and what was coming. Not the iPad, but touch screens, we saw it was a game changer. We thought it was worth taking a plunge. So day one we did WSJ iPAd app. Well since its a new medium can you make new experiences? What if you were freer?</p>
<p>If you just had a new greenfield, what could you do? I'm making a news experience, it's quite exciting. Hopefully work, new things like that.</p>
<p>10:47: Hypothetically, not this month, but Q1, you could see it. One thing about Rupert is something material (NWS didnt spend $100 million on this project.) iPad and tablets are primarly media consumption devices.</p>
<p>10:48: Look MySpace has had a tough time, I think what it's doing now is genuinely interesting. It's doing pretty well it's about to do very well, still tweaking it. Underneath it an algo about what does this person want to see now? Based on what we know about them, it's an actual real piece of technology. It will good very good job soon.</p>
<p>10:49: It's a very different business than waht it was. I'm quite hopeful. Is it going to be sold? I don't have anything to add. I think there's something there. Each day more enthusiastic.</p>
<p>10:50: Is this the kind of thing best done in house? I wrestle with each day. There are things you want to do that are hard under glare of public company.</p>
<p>10:51: (Can companies like AOL and YHOO be saved?) I say I have 3 jobs, surgeon, midwife and astrologer. You're asking about the doctor part. Think about fix, it's not about fix because that goes to where it was. It's about going where it's going. That's steve jobs, he didn't fix macs marketshare, he went where there was something new. So, you have to have a take on something going forward, I think MySpace has that. That's the first thing, second you need a genuine product. Again, story of Jobs. For AOL and Yahoo it's a product question. They have some strong ideas and directions, they need products. I'm waiting to see.</p>
<p>10:54: Pursuant to strategys what are the products to move that dial. I think Tim Armstrong is onto the right things, absolutely onto the right things. He's been talking about video, which is right, move of premium ad dollars. I want to see the premium products. Yahoo has to get religon about something. Caught between Silicon Valley and Media. Have to get religion about SOMETHING.</p>
<p>10:55: By getting Ross Levinsohn, I think they are getting religon. Once you're on the downside, it's so much harder.</p>
<p>10:56: I think Ross will revitalize content side. See more alliances with Yahoo and other companies, they've been walled off. And that's a wrap.</p>
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Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:44:00 -0400Michael Learmonth
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/~~/f?id=480a168b796c7ac00075f48f&amp;maxX=283&amp;maxY=185" border="0" alt="googleplex.jpg" title="googleplex.jpg" width="283" height="185" /></p><p>Google is taking its "<a href="http://adsense.blogspot.com/2008/08/ad-serving-for-everyone.html">Ad Manager</a>" ad-serving software out of beta. As <a href="http://www.centernetworks.com/google-ad-manager">Center Networks' Allen Stern</a> points out, that could be bad news for <a href="http://www.openx.org/">OpenX</a>, a startup chaired by former AOL chief Jonathan Miller that does basically the same thing.</p>
<p>Like OpenX, Google's Ad Manager is a tool that allows publishers to manage and maximize ad inventory on their sites. Google's Ad Manager runs on Google's servers, and for those with Ad Sense accounts, adding the tool takes just a few clicks. OpenX runs on a local computer and requires a software download. Both are free to publishers; OpenX charges advertisers that plug into their system.</p>
<p>Google says Ad Planner is geared toward smaller publishers not served by either DoubleClick's Revenue Center, or DART for Publishers, both geared toward sites with large advertising sales forces.</p>
<p>OpenX has a pretty big head start; as of April, <a href="http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/4/former_yahoo_exec_joins_openx">30,000 publishers were using</a> the ad management system, including TheStreet.com, Digg.com, Last.fm and Guardian Online. The Los Angeles-based startup has raised $20.5 million and is backed by Index Ventures and Accel Partners.</p>
<p>And just because Google has released a free product doesn't mean everyone will adopt it, or use it exclusively. Take Ad Planner, Google's service for media buyers, for example. It's free, and ad buyers say the like it, but comScore says it <a href="http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/8/comscore-don-t-let-google-s-adplanner-take-ad-dollars-from-you">hasn't cut into sales of its competing "Plan Metrix"</a> service.</p>
<p><strong>See Also:<br /></strong><a href="http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/8/comscore-don-t-let-google-s-adplanner-take-ad-dollars-from-you">ComScore: Don't Let Google's AdPlanner Take Ad Dollars From You</a><br /><a href="http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/4/former_yahoo_exec_joins_openx">Former Yahoo Exec To Head Open-Source Ad Network OpenX</a><br /><a href="http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/2/former_aol_chief_joins_openx">Former AOL Chief Miller Joins OpenX</a></p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/2008/8/google-releases-free-ad-manager-openx-slayer#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/2008/8/warning-to-jeff-bewkes-mess-with-former-aol-boss-jon-miller-at-your-own-peril-twx-yhoo-Warning To Jeff Bewkes: Mess With Former AOL Boss Jon Miller At Your Own Peril (TWX, YHOO)http://www.businessinsider.com/2008/8/warning-to-jeff-bewkes-mess-with-former-aol-boss-jon-miller-at-your-own-peril-twx-yhoo-
Sun, 03 Aug 2008 07:00:00 -0400Peter Kafka
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/~~/f?id=48954c7714b9b93300525357&amp;maxX=203&amp;maxY=339" border="0" alt="jon miller kung fu aol.jpg" title="jon miller kung fu aol.jpg" width="203" height="339" /></p><p>We're still trying to make sense of the puzzling he-said, he-said regarding Time Warner's (TWX) decision to <a href="http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/8/time-warner-killled-jon-miller-yahoo-board-deal">stop former AOL CEO Jon Miller from taking a seat on Yahoo's board</a>. The latest spin we're hearing from the Time Warner camp: Miller and Yahoo (YHOO) may have misinterpreted "body language" from Jeff Bewkes which made them think they had permission to get out of a non-compete. Whatever.</p>
<p>What we do know: We are not going to mess with Jon Miller. Not because of his track record at AOL (for an interesting discussion about Jon's tenure there, check out the <a href="http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/8/time-warner-killled-jon-miller-yahoo-board-deal#comment-48937ae7796c7acb002bb0d6">back</a> and <a href="http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/8/time-warner-killled-jon-miller-yahoo-board-deal#comment-48954ad914b9b93300525321">forth</a> in the comments on our earlier post). But because he can snap us like a twig.</p>
<p>At least, that's the impression we get looking that the photos* in the March/April 2006 issue of <a href="http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/magazine/article.php?article=645">Kung Fu Magazine</a>, where Jon explains his study of Chinese martial arts, which he started up 30 years ago.</p>
<p><img class="float_left" src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/~~/f?id=48954c8014b9b9330052535a" border="0" alt="jon miller kung fu cover.jpg" title="jon miller kung fu cover.jpg" width="200" height="269" />In the magazine's cover story, Jon describes martial arts not as a kind of violence but as a way to train himself physically, mentally and spiritually. He sounds like the kind of guy who might take this week's setback in stride.</p>
<p><em>&ldquo;Chen Taiji emphasizes extremely high levels of precision taught with tiny corrections that have a big impact. Master Ren is a technician. He knows where/how everything should be and is supposed to work. Everything is very precise.&rdquo; He notes Chen Taiji&rsquo;s emphasis on precision as &ldquo;translating to my work in the business world, where small things that start wrong can end up as big problems.&rdquo;<br /><br />Miller adds, &ldquo;As Master Ren teaches, Peng is a connected state of fullness; it is both hard and soft. The concept of Peng can be helpful in dealing with situations like workplace confrontations. You don&rsquo;t have to meet confrontations head-on, but can yield with them. I don&rsquo;t say this type of thing in the office, because they don&rsquo;t think that way, but I do.&rdquo; <br /></em></p>
<p>Then again, Jon seems capable of dealing with problems head-on, too. We've double-checked with a knowledgeable source (former AOL employee <a href="http://www.sevenstarphoto.com/">Ira Weinschel</a>, who was kind enough to direct us to the article), and that is indeed Jon on the cover of the magazine. He's the one using his elbow to separate someone's head from his neck. If we were Jeff Bewkes, and we'd seen that picture, we'd let Jon have any seat he wanted.</p>
<p>* Bonus reason not mess with Jon: He studies martial arts with Lou Reed (yes, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4ditCW2TiA">that Lou Reed</a>), who <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4ditCW2TiA">took the photos for the Kung Fu article</a>.</p>
<p><strong>See Also:</strong> <a href="http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/8/time-warner-killled-jon-miller-yahoo-board-deal">Time Warner Killed Jon Miller/Yahoo Deal</a><br /><a href="../../2008/8/yahoo-meeting-may-get-a-bit-more-interesting-jon-miller-not-joining-board-after-all-">Jon Miller Not Joining Yahoo Board, After All?</a><br /><a href="../../2008/8/how-to-watch-yahoo-shareolder-meeting-live">How To Watch Yahoo Shareholder Meeting Live<br /></a><a href="../../2008/8/former-aol-exec-jon-miller-yes-to-tai-chi-with-lou-reed-no-to-steve-ballmer"> Former AOL Exec Jon Miller: No To Steve Ballmer, Yes To Tai Chi With Lou Reed</a><br /><a href="../../2008/7/yahoo-icahn-settle-carl-gets-3-seats-agrees-to-shut-up">Yahoo, Icahn Settle: Carl Gets 3 Seats, Agrees To Shut Up</a></p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/2008/8/warning-to-jeff-bewkes-mess-with-former-aol-boss-jon-miller-at-your-own-peril-twx-yhoo-#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/2008/8/yahoo-meeting-may-get-a-bit-more-interesting-jon-miller-not-joining-board-after-all-Yahoo Meeting May Get A Bit More Interesting: Jon Miller Not Joining Board, After All?http://www.businessinsider.com/2008/8/yahoo-meeting-may-get-a-bit-more-interesting-jon-miller-not-joining-board-after-all-
Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:15:00 -0400Peter Kafka
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/~~/f?id=47a93ab94b543772005e7fa2&amp;maxX=155&amp;maxY=147" border="0" alt="jon-miller.jpg" title="jon-miller.jpg" width="155" height="147" /></p><p>The Yahoo board meeting might be a tiny bit more interesting<a href="http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/8/how-to-watch-yahoo-shareolder-meeting-live"> than we first thought</a>: Former AOL CEO Jon Miller, who'd been expected to join the board as part of the Carl Icahn settlement, may not do so after all, the LAT reports. Unfortunately, the <a href="http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-miller1-2008aug01,0,5500310.story?track=rss">LAT doesn't offer up any more info than that</a>:</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">After much speculation that he would join Yahoo's board, two people familiar with the situation said Thursday that he might not. Miller and Yahoo declined to comment.</p>
<p><strong>Update:</strong> Indeed, <a href="http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/8/time-warner-killled-jon-miller-yahoo-board-deal">Time Warner is blocking</a> Miller's appointment to Yahoo's board.</p>
<p>Miller couldn't be reached for comment. We assumed this would get answered today, but we now realize this could drag on for up to two weeks: According to the <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1011006/000095013408013427/f41908b6defr14a.htm">Yahoo proxy</a>, the company doesn't have to fill the two extra slots until August 15th. Legalese at bottom of this post.</p>
<p>The back story: Miller, whose name now gets floated whenever a leadership void pops up at a major Web player, has never been officially designated as one of the new board members. But he's clearly supposed to take one of the 2 spots that Yahoo gave to Icahn earlier this month (Icahn himself gets a third seat). Miller's name was added to the list of potential board members, and<a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/080721/20080721005563.html?.v=1"> highlighted in the press release announcing the settlement</a>. So why would Miller agree to join the board on July 21, but be wavering now? Go ahead and offer up your best conspiracy theories below -- or sends us an <a href="http://www.alleyinsider.com/contact">anonymous tip</a>.</p>
<p><strong>See Also:</strong> <br /><a href="http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/8/how-to-watch-yahoo-shareolder-meeting-live">How To Watch Yahoo Shareholder Meeting Live<br /></a><a href="http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/8/former-aol-exec-jon-miller-yes-to-tai-chi-with-lou-reed-no-to-steve-ballmer"> Former AOL Exec Jon Miller: No To Steve Ballmer, Yes To Tai Chi With Lou Reed</a><br /><a href="http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/7/yahoo-icahn-settle-carl-gets-3-seats-agrees-to-shut-up">Yahoo, Icahn Settle: Carl Gets 3 Seats, Agrees To Shut Up</a></p>
<p>From the Yahoo proxy:</p>
<div style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On July&nbsp;21, 2008, as stated above, the Company and the Icahn Group entered into the Settlement Agreement. Pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, among other things:</div>
<div style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong> &bull; </strong> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company has agreed that, as soon as practicable following the date of the Annual Meeting:</div>
<div style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong> &bull; </strong> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;but no later one business day following the completion of the Annual Meeting, the Board will (i)&nbsp;increase the number of seats on its Board to 11, (ii)&nbsp;obtain the resignation from the Board of Robert Kotick and (iii)&nbsp;take all necessary action to appoint Carl Icahn (the &ldquo;Icahn Associates Nominee&rdquo;) to serve as a director of the Company until no earlier than the Company&rsquo;s 2009 annual meeting of stockholders (the &ldquo;2009 Annual Meeting&rdquo;), subject to the terms of the Settlement Agreement; and</div>
<div style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong> &bull; </strong> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;but no later than the later of August&nbsp;15, 2008 and one business day following completion of the Annual Meeting, the Board will appoint two individuals to serve as directors of the Company until no earlier than the 2009 Annual Meeting, subject to the terms of the Settlement Agreement, which individuals will be selected at the Board&rsquo;s sole discretion, upon the recommendation of the Company&rsquo;s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, from the following list: Lucian A. Bebchuk, Frank J. Biondi, Jr., John H. Chapple, Mark Cuban, Adam Dell, Keith Meister, Edward H. Meyer, and Brian S. Posner, each of whom was on the Icahn Group&rsquo;s slate of director nominees, and Jonathan Miller.</div>
<p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/2008/8/yahoo-meeting-may-get-a-bit-more-interesting-jon-miller-not-joining-board-after-all-#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/2008/8/former-aol-exec-jon-miller-yes-to-tai-chi-with-lou-reed-no-to-steve-ballmerFormer AOL Exec Jon Miller: Yes To Tai Chi With Lou Reed, No To Steve Ballmerhttp://www.businessinsider.com/2008/8/former-aol-exec-jon-miller-yes-to-tai-chi-with-lou-reed-no-to-steve-ballmer
Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:35:00 -0400Peter Kafka
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/~~/f?id=48931ddc796c7a7f00c607c6&amp;maxX=319&amp;maxY=153" border="0" alt="jon miller.jpg" title="jon miller.jpg" width="319" height="153" /></p><p>Former AOL CEO, current <a href="http://www.alleyinsider.com/2007/12/levinsohn_miller_linking_with_sv_vc_comventures">new media VC</a> Jon Miller is <a href="http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/8/yahoo-meeting-may-get-a-bit-more-interesting-jon-miller-not-joining-board-after-all-">supposed to join Yahoo's (YHOO) board later today</a>. But he's declined Microsoft's (MSFT) offer to run its flailing Web unit.</p>
<p>We've assumed that's because Jon doesn't want to move from New York to Seattle to run a doomed division for an <a href="http://www.forbes.com/technology/2008/06/04/steve-ballmer-billionaire-tech-enter-cx_wt_0604ballmer.html">angry billionaire</a>. But the LA Times offers up a different explanation: Jon doesn't have time to run a company, because&nbsp; <a href="http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-miller1-2008aug01,0,5500310.story?track=rss">he's too busy exercising</a>:</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">For 18 hours each week, Internet investor Jonathan Miller studies tai chi in New York with legendary master Ren Guang-Yi, whose devotees include Lou Reed, Bette Midler, Hugh Jackman and other celebrities.<br /> <br /> During the sessions, Miller's lanky frame flows through fluid, continuous movements, punctuated by quick bursts of energy. Three decades of Chinese martial arts have made his limbs so supple that he can do the splits at 51. And the physical and mental discipline has sharpened his ability to quickly size up and react to situations while remaining calm even in the adrenaline-spiking pitch of combat.</p>
<p>Actually, the LAT has buried the more interesting tidbit farther down in the story: Miller, who was supposed to join the Yahoo board, might not, after all. No explanation given:</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">After much speculation that he would join Yahoo's board, two people familiar with the situation said Thursday that he might not. Miller and Yahoo declined to comment.</p>
<p><em>Photo: <a href="http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-miller1-2008aug01,0,5500310.story?track=rss">Lou Reed (?) via LA Times</a></em></p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/2008/8/former-aol-exec-jon-miller-yes-to-tai-chi-with-lou-reed-no-to-steve-ballmer#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/2008/7/former-aol-m-a-head-espinel-joins-velocity-interactiveFormer AOL M&A Head Espinel Joins Velocity Interactivehttp://www.businessinsider.com/2008/7/former-aol-m-a-head-espinel-joins-velocity-interactive
Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:00:00 -0400Dan Frommer
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/~~/f?id=48862e25796c7a0400c9f7d1&amp;maxX=150&amp;maxY=224" border="0" alt="Jorge.jpg" title="Jorge.jpg" width="150" height="224" /></p><p><a href="http://www.velocityig.com/">Velocity Interactive Group</a>, the digital media/communications investment firm headed by former AOL CEO Jon Miller (<a href="http://www.alleyinsider.com/sa100/jonathan_miller">SA 100 #64</a>) and former Fox Interactive Media (NWS) President Ross Levinsohn, <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/080722/20080722005449.html?.v=1">adds a new investment partner</a>: Jorge Espinel, who was last head of corporate strategy and M&amp;A for AOL (TWX).</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">During his tenure, AOL acquired Tacoda, Third Screen Media, AdTech, Truveo, Userplane and Advertising.com. Espinel also led investments in Kayak and Brightcove, and played a key role in negotiating AOL<span>&rsquo;</span>s search deal with Google which included the sale of 5% equity $1B in March of 2006.</p>
<p>Espinel also previously worked for Booz Allen &amp; Hamilton, specializing in broadcast and cable TV.</p>
<p><strong>See Also:</strong><br /><a href="../../2008/3/next_new_networks_15_million_second_round_from_goldman_velocity">Next New Networks: $15 Million Second Round From Goldman, Velocity For Video "Micronetwork"</a><br /><a href="../../2008/3/generate_nets__6m_from_velocity_and_mk_capital">Web/TV Studio Generate Nets $6M From Velocity and MK Capital</a><br /><a href="../../2008/1/video_ad_network_broadband_enterprises_raises_10_million_from_velocity">Video Ad Network Broadband Enterprises Raises $10 Million From Velocity</a></p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/2008/7/former-aol-m-a-head-espinel-joins-velocity-interactive#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/2007/11/former-aol-ceo-miller-joins-clickable-boardClickable Gets Cash, Former AOL CEO Miller On Boardhttp://www.businessinsider.com/2007/11/former-aol-ceo-miller-joins-clickable-board
Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:13:21 -0500Dan Frommer
<form contenteditable="false" mt:asset-id="351" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image"><img alt="jon-miller.jpg" src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/~~/f?id=47a93ab94b5437725e7fa2&amp;maxX=155&amp;maxY=147" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" height="147" width="155" /></form>Big catch for NY-based search marketing startup Clickable: Former AOL chairman and CEO Jonathan Miller is <a href="http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.showArticleHomePage&amp;art_aid=71293">joining the company's board</a>. We don't know if the move is in conjunction with <a href="http://www.alleyinsider.com/2007/08/shhhh-ross-levi.html">Miller's new fund with former Fox Interactive head Ross Levinsohn</a>, but our hunch is it's not.<br /><br />Clickable <a href="http://www.attentionmax.com/blog/2007/11/i_joined_a_startup_to_help_bring_some_simplicity_to_our_complex_world.php">recently hired</a> Max Kalehoff from Nielsen to run marketing. In July, the company <a href="http://www.clickable.com/Press/Venture-Funding.aspx">raised $3 million</a> from Union Square Ventures, Pequot Ventures, and other investors. <a href="http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.showArticleHomePage&amp;art_aid=71293">MediaPost</a><br /><br /><b>Update:</b> Clickable has raised another $3 million from its lead investors, USV and Pequot, <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/20/clickable-raises-another-3-million-officially-adds-jonathan-miller-to-board/">TechCrunch reports</a>.<br /><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/2007/11/former-aol-ceo-miller-joins-clickable-board#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p>